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SAM Magazine—Vipiteno, Italy, April 22, 2020—Snow-gun manufacturer DemacLenko has developed a way to use its high-output fan guns for “wide-area disinfection of public spaces.” 

The company ran tests at its Vipiteno, Italy, headquarters with a fan gun mounted to the back of a truck, alongside tanks filled with 100 percent biodegradable disinfectant liquid. The disinfectant is fed to the fan gun and sprayed across a wide area as the truck moves. Another test was conducted using a fire engine towing the fan gun on a trailer.

The local agency for civil protection approved of the apparatus, and it is now available free of charge to communities in South Tyrol.

Watch the unit in action here.

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